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Emerald Fist Plague Marines Complete

Aulus Villius was inducted into the ranks of the Emerald Fists near 844.M41
after passing successful genetic screening tests. Like all inductees to the
chapter, he was a survivor. After losing his mother and father at age 10 to the
ork horde ravaging his home world he fled to the nearby forests. Alone and
constantly avoiding speed freak patrols he was forced to fend for himself for
over a year before relief came to the planet in the form of the Emerald Fists.
Flushed from the forest during a whirlwind attack he ran straight into the leg
of apothecary Roscius. The apothecary was amazed that a human boy could survive
in the wilds amidst a tide of greenskins and had him taken by rhino to the
fleet's apothecarium for implantation.

Mission after mission passed
with Villius honing his skills amid the 7th company under the paternal eye of
Roscius. Eventually he received the order to deploy to the eye of terror with
his company for what promised to be the largest operation he had yet been apart
of.

Villius' warband, the sacred number of Nurgle

When the plague began to ravage the Emerald Fists fleet his fall
should have served no surprise to any who understood his survival instinct.
When Roscius offered an escape Villius quickly scarred the 3-rings of nurgle to
his flesh; Roscius would watch out for him. As one of Roscius' favoured,
Villius became a champion of nurgle and is indentured for eternity; his life
and more importantly his soul are no longer his own to safeguard.

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Typical Emerald Fist Plague Marine

I'm glad I finally finished this squad and I can't wait to start on my next batch. I'll probably make up 21 of these guys for now. I should also note that this was my 'paint or die - allies' contribution for this month. I really enjoyed all of the different colours I put into these models. I'm sure no one can tell but by the time I was done I think 40 different GW paint pots were out on my desk.

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